Connell KITFOX N99SV

Summary

On 27 January 1996 at about 20:46 local time, a Connell KITFOX registered N99SV was involved in an accident near Omaha, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 January 1996 at 20:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Eppley Airfield (OMA)

Coordinates

41.2606, -96.1805

Aircraft

Connell KITFOX

Registration

N99SV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dennison → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA084

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate preflight of the aircraft and the frozen left landing gear wheel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During landing the airplane veered left and could not be corrected. The airplane then impacted a snowbank on the side of the runway and nosed over. The left wheel fairing was found completely packed with snow. Once the snow was removed the wheel rotated freely. The pilot stated that the snow apparently had accumulated in the wheel fairing when he taxied through snow drifts earlier prior to departing the North Omaha airport for Denison. While landing at Denison, the airplane had pulled to the right. During the return trip to the North Omaha airport, the pilot realized that his left brake was probably frozen, and decided to divert to the Eppley Airfield because of the wider runway there.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.